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“Music is the conduit through which I live my life. It’s the way I view my challenges, my successes.” Meet CSO Concertmaster, Kirsten Williams, who will direct the upcoming Classic Afternoon: The Elements, presented by Canberra Weekly.

Leah Curtis: “In To Rest in Peace, I saw a visually stunning film capturing a moment of time in Kuwait during the tensions of the 1990 Iraqi invasion. I wrote a score to resonate with the humanity of the main character.”

Concertmaster Kirsten Williams on the joy of chamber music – the music of friends – and its role in orchestral development.

Take students on a musical journey through history with The Time Traveller. Each detailed lesson plan is aligned to the Australian Curriculum.

You don’t need a tertiary music degree to get into classical – just a sense of curiosity and access to some recordings. To help you wade in, here are a few tips from the CSO office.

“Music and imagination go hand in hand, be it composing, performing or conducting.” Jessica Cottis discusses the compositional process with Elena Kats-Chernin.

Jessica Cottis asks Australian composer Holly Harrison about inspiration and limitation of ‘genre’ and humour in the compositional process.

Ahead of the Australian premiere of his work LOGOS, Jessica asks composer Benjamin de Murashkin about improvisation in classical music and the role of the arts in science.